Can you recipra at home? You could but I don't assume no or it might misleadAt work? YesInside? Outside? Inside mainlyIn a car? Wouldn't ariseAlone? yesIn a group? Not as a group but you can be in company when you do itDuring the day? YesAt night? Yes

So the "food-ish" item is not technically a food but is something you eat, correct? this is hard to answer it is a food technically and you do eat it. It's just that some would question it's nutritional value

Is it a condiment? No your chewing gum guess was more in the ball park but not that close

Does recripaing involve: buying potato chips? Yes Eating them? No Eating the crumbs out of the bag? Hee hee, no but we'll have to come up with a word for that Squeezing the bag? Yes well done Utterly crushing them? But not this

Squeezing other bags for comparison? Then buying the bag with the most chips? Close enough to declare a

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Recripa (V): To Reject a packet of Crisps/Chips having squeezed the bag thus ascertaining that it's Crisps to Air ratio was unacceptably low.

Etymology: REject CRIsps PAckets.

I hate the way nearly half the Bags of Crisps you get in stores nowadays are half empty when you open them. It may seem a bit miserly but I always give the bag a squeeze to check before buying them and make no bones about rejecting said bag If I deem it to be mainly full of air. Does everyone do this or is it just me?

In Ireland we call them the crisp/chip packaging a packet altought it is sometimes referred to as a bag. What do you call them in the states?

We call them bags, in the States. When someone says "packet" to me, I'm more likely to think of one of those miniscule things that have condiments in them (small amounts of ketchup, mustard, vinegar, salt, pepper, whatever) that they give you at fast food restaurants or cafes so you can put however much you want on your food without spilling. Or maybe the little paper packets of sugar or sugar substitutes for coffee and things like that. I'd never think of calling something as big as a chip/crisp bag a "packet". Silly American, I know. :-P

Although...well, what do you know. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condiment_sachet We're both right. :-D Although it does say "or condiment packet". Heh. Two nations separated by a common language, and all. (Not to mention the Atlantic Ocean. Some pond that is. :-P)

It took me a long time to realise that the bags of crisps in a multi pack were smaller than when they're bought individually - so you don't necessarily save money by buying them 'in bulk'. Check the total weight!

Yeah I've noticed that too. And don't get me started on Christmas tins of Roses and Quality Street . Half empty most of them and only one or two of each of the nicest ones.

There was probably a week long brain storming session in Cadburys' head office on how to make more profit over the busy Christmas period until some young executive piped up "I've got it, let's put less sweets in the tin and not make as many of the more expensive ones". "Excellent idea Smith please take a huge pay rise, a bonus and we'll throw in a comely lass of questionable virtue to accompany you on your all expenses paid cruise of the caribbean"

Have you seen that you can now buy individual Quality Street chocolates? One is the green triangle, another is the purple one with a nut in it and the final one is gold wrapped, don't know what flavour. They're bigger than the usual ones, but they're 45p each. Nine bob!!!!

No, a bob was a shilling which is 5p (7 or 8 cents perhaps) in decimal coinage. 9 pounds per chocolate would be about, I don't know what the current rate of exchange is, but let's say 14 dollars per chocolate. Nope, it's not that bad yet...